Recapish

The
Rumble Ponies made it two straight over the Eastern League’s best with a game
one shutout Thursday night, and Corey Oswalt did his best Greg Maddux
impersonation in the win. Oswalt needed just 79 pitches for the win and the
game was over in 79 minutes, which set a franchise record for quickest game
ever. The Ponies scratched out some early runs against Trenton starter Daniel
Camarena, and then it was cruise control for both pitchers after that.

The
Oswalt coverage will be quick, like his outing. That’s because he allowed just
two hits all night, and they were both singles from the first two batters he
saw. After that, he retired twenty batters in a row, and that streak started
with a double play, so that was the game. He struck out two in a row to end the
3rd, and that started a streak of five straight frames ending with a
strikeout. He went to a three-ball count on just two batters all night. It was seven
innings of dominance that earned a game score of 84.

361

Champ in LF

Guillorme at second base

Taylor at first base

The
Ponies scratched out the first run of the game in the 2nd. After a
walk, David Thompson came around from first on back-to-back two out singles from
L.J. Mazzilli and Gustavo Nunez to make it 1-0.

Mazzilli

Guillorme
led off the 3rd with a single, went to third base on an E6, and then
Matt Oberste singled him home for the second run of the game.

Guillorme

Oberste

The
only batter to reach after that for either side was Tomas Nido, who worked a
one out walk in the 4th and was stranded on first base.

This
was easily the quickest baseball game I’ve ever seen played, which was
convenient, because these two teams still had one more game to play on
Thursday. The nightcap features a matchup of Jose Mesa and P.J. Conlon, and the
Ponies have a chance to sweep.